Random sweet photos, including Marines with puppy

U.S. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines give cereal to a stray puppy where a base was set up in a Taliban stronghold area in northern Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday.

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Cody, a 4-year-old English standard Labrador retriever, cools down during a game of fetch with his owner, Noreen Centracchio, at a dog park in Naples, Fla. Centracchio said Cody is a “class clown” and is nearing certification as a therapy dog.

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Taronga Zoo’s new male elephant calf, nicknamed “Mr. Shuffles” after his miracle birth, explores his enclosure at the zoo. On Thursday the calf, whose successful birth after being pronounced dead during labor caused a sensation, was officially named Pathi Harn, which means “miracle” in Thai.